In the eye of the storm: The Munster communities devastated by storms

From our social lives to our business lives, storms, be it the wind or rain, are affecting us in devastating and extremely costly ways in Ireland.  We speak to some of those hardest hit across Munster

John O'Mahony at the sandbar which leads to Fenit Island and shows how much damage is done in a short time. Photo: Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD

'If we don't educate the next generation we are at nothing'

In Fenit, Co Kerry, a 70-strong team of locals is in the process of saving a tombolo. But not just any tombolo — the very one that has taught generations of Irish children about these fascinating sand bars connecting mainland to island, thanks to an aerial photo of it in our school's geography books going back decades.